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San Francisco D.A. Announces Post Conviction Unit, Innocence Commission to Investigate Wrong Convictions, Sentences

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 17, 2020
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San Francisco D.A. Announces Post Conviction Unit, Innocence Commission to Investigate Wrong Convictions, Sentences

SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday the formation of an “Inno ...

SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office announced Thursday the formation of an “Innocence Commission” and “Post-Conviction Unit” to investigate wrongful convictions and sentences ...

September 17, 2020
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Former Illinois Governor Slams Death Penalty in ‘Death Penalty Focus’ Series

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|Date: September 17, 2020
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Former Illinois Governor Slams Death Penalty in ‘Death Penalty Focus’ Series

By Nina Hall Former Governor of Illinois and author, George Ryan, denounces the death penalty in an inter ...

By Nina Hall Former Governor of Illinois and author, George Ryan, denounces the death penalty in an interview with Death Penalty Focus’s Nancy Haydt, Ryan stating, “The death penalty is going to be ab ...

September 17, 2020
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Looking Back: Should Those Who File False Allegations Be Charged with Perjury?

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|Date: September 13, 2020
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Looking Back: Should Those Who File False Allegations Be Charged with Perjury?

"Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The West ...

"Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics that are applicable here in CA as well as across the c ...

September 13, 2020
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Sudden Turnaround as Man Is Released from Wrongful Conviction after 44 Years

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 12, 2020
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Sudden Turnaround as Man Is Released from Wrongful Conviction after 44 Years

By David M. Greenwald Last Monday, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in a 9-6 en banc decision written ...

By David M. Greenwald Last Monday, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in a 9-6 en banc decision written by Judge Stephanie Thacker, nearly three months after a May hearing, ruled that there were seri ...

September 12, 2020
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Looking Back: When People File False Police Reports

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|Date: September 06, 2020
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Looking Back: When People File False Police Reports

"Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The West ...

"Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics that are applicable here in CA as well as across the c ...

September 06, 2020
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CA Legislature OK’s Bill to Eliminate ‘Jailhouse Snitch’ Testimony in Parole Hearings

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|Date: September 03, 2020
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CA Legislature OK’s Bill to Eliminate ‘Jailhouse Snitch’ Testimony in Parole Hearings

By Linhchi Nguyen STATE CAPITOL – The California Legislature approved a bill that would eliminate the pro ...

By Linhchi Nguyen STATE CAPITOL – The California Legislature approved a bill that would eliminate the problematic practice of using testimony from “jailhouse snitches” as a reason for denying parole t ...

September 03, 2020
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Looking Back: Bullet Lead Analysis: A Junk Science That Has Helped to Convict Thousands

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 30, 2020
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Looking Back: Bullet Lead Analysis: A Junk Science That Has Helped to Convict Thousands

"Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The West ...

"Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics that are applicable here in CA as well as across the c ...

August 30, 2020
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Looking Back: The Practice of Using Technicalities to Fight against Innocence Claims Must Cease

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|Date: August 23, 2020
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Looking Back: The Practice of Using Technicalities to Fight against Innocence Claims Must Cease

Jeffrey Deskovic speaking in Davis last year at the Annual Vanguard Event "Looking back" will feature r ...

Jeffrey Deskovic speaking in Davis last year at the Annual Vanguard Event "Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, w ...

August 23, 2020
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Looking Back: The Role of the Media in Setting the Stage for Wrongful Convictions

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|Date: August 16, 2020
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Looking Back: The Role of the Media in Setting the Stage for Wrongful Convictions

"Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The West ...

"Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics that are applicable here in CA as well as across the c ...

August 16, 2020
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Vanguard Discusses Wrongful Convictions at Its 10th Annual Fundraiser, Mark Godsey as the Keynote Speaker (with Video)

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|Date: August 14, 2020
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Vanguard Discusses Wrongful Convictions at Its 10th Annual Fundraiser, Mark Godsey as the Keynote Speaker (with Video)

By Cailin Garcia and Shellsea Lomeli DAVIS, CA - Dozens turned out for The Vanguard 10th Annual Fundraise ...

By Cailin Garcia and Shellsea Lomeli DAVIS, CA - Dozens turned out for The Vanguard 10th Annual Fundraiser with former prosecutor and current director of the Ohio Innocence Project, Mark Godsey, as th ...

August 14, 2020
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Looking Back: The Reid Technique – Strong Risk of False Confessions and Wrongful Convictions

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|Date: August 09, 2020
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Looking Back: The Reid Technique – Strong Risk of False Confessions and Wrongful Convictions

"Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The West ...

"Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics that are applicable here in CA as well as across the c ...

August 09, 2020
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Brooklyn Conviction Review Unit Frees Man after 8 Years in Prison

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|Date: August 09, 2020
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Brooklyn Conviction Review Unit Frees Man after 8 Years in Prison

By Nikki Suzani BROOKLYN – Sonny Dawson’s conviction for Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second De ...

By Nikki Suzani BROOKLYN – Sonny Dawson’s conviction for Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree was finally overturned by the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Conviction Review Unit (CRU) af ...

August 09, 2020
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Looking Back: State and Federal Governments Need to Overhaul Their Broken Public Defender Systems

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|Date: August 02, 2020
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Looking Back: State and Federal Governments Need to Overhaul Their Broken Public Defender Systems

"Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The West ...

"Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics that are applicable here in CA as well as across the c ...

August 02, 2020
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My View: 14 years ago…

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 01, 2020
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My View: 14 years ago…

By David Greenwald That’s right, on this fateful day July 30, 2006, I came up with the crazy hair-brained ...

By David Greenwald That’s right, on this fateful day July 30, 2006, I came up with the crazy hair-brained idea of starting a little blog where I would write on things like police misconduct and reform ...

August 01, 2020
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It Took 27 Years, but Man Gets Justice after Probe by Brooklyn Conviction Review Unit

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|Date: August 01, 2020
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It Took 27 Years, but Man Gets Justice after Probe by Brooklyn Conviction Review Unit

By Nikki Suzani BROOKLYN – After serving 27 years for murder in the second degree, Ethan Hart finally got ...

By Nikki Suzani BROOKLYN – After serving 27 years for murder in the second degree, Ethan Hart finally got justice: the Brooklyn DA’s Conviction Review Unit (CRU) decided to vacate his conviction becau ...

August 01, 2020
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Wrongful Convictions Disproportionately Impact Black and Brown People

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 30, 2020
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Wrongful Convictions Disproportionately Impact Black and Brown People

In two weeks, Laurese Glover will join us for our 10th annual Vanguard fundraiser. The keynote speaker i ...

In two weeks, Laurese Glover will join us for our 10th annual Vanguard fundraiser. The keynote speaker is Mark Godsey, the Director of the Ohio Innocence Project. Laurese Glover, along with Eugene Jo ...

July 30, 2020
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BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: ‘Robert Hicks’ (1991)

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|Date: July 23, 2020
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BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: ‘Robert Hicks’ (1991)

Man Served 20.5 Years in Prison Over a False Witness Testimony By Claudia Gutierrez BROOKLYN, NY – False ...

Man Served 20.5 Years in Prison Over a False Witness Testimony By Claudia Gutierrez BROOKLYN, NY – False witness testimony and a lack of review of medical and scientific evidence led Robert Hicks (not ...

July 23, 2020
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BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: ‘Nelson Lewis’ (1997)

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|Date: July 21, 2020
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BROOKLYN CONVICTION REVIEW UNIT: ‘Nelson Lewis’ (1997)

Implausible Witness Testimony Lead to Wrongful Conviction By Stephanie Don BROOKLYN – In 1997, an individ ...

Implausible Witness Testimony Lead to Wrongful Conviction By Stephanie Don BROOKLYN – In 1997, an individual fired his gun into an apartment, killing one and leaving four others unharmed. After receiv ...

July 21, 2020
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Looking Back: Case Not Handled ‘Righteously’

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 05, 2020
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Looking Back: Case Not Handled ‘Righteously’

(Editor’s note: This is the first installment of the new weekly column "Looking Back." "Looking Back" wi ...

(Editor’s note: This is the first installment of the new weekly column "Looking Back." "Looking Back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeffrey Deskovic previously wrote while a columnist at The ...

July 05, 2020
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Wrongful Conviction Project – Episode 2, Franky Carrillo

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|Date: June 12, 2020
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Wrongful Conviction Project – Episode 2, Franky Carrillo

Franky Carrillo was one of the cases featured on Netflix’s series, “The Innocence Files.” The story begi ...

Franky Carrillo was one of the cases featured on Netflix’s series, “The Innocence Files.” The story begins in 1991 when Donald Sarpy was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting as he was standing in t ...

June 12, 2020
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